Ash tray and extinguisher



1932- R. A. SCHLEGEL 2, 7

ASH TRAY AND EXTINGUISHER Filed July 18, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l 10 H lley? A. 5072 lega @5 1 WQLW atto'awew 0d. 18, 1932; SCHLEGEL 1,882,973

ASH TRAY AND EXTINGUISHER Filed July 18, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet Z RoberZ'AdS'chZeg Z 43 By M M Patented Oct. 18, 1932 ROBERT A. SCHLEGEL, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA ASH TRAY am) EXTINGUISHER Application filed July 18,

The object of this invention broadly is to provide an ash traywith means. for extinguishing a lighted cigarette or the like by first crushing and then disintegrating the lighted end thereof, and finally cleaningand crushing and disintegrating surfaces.

A specific means for carrying'out this object will be set forth in the following description, making reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and wherein Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one form of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken there-through on the line 22. Fig. 3 is a top plan :view of the anvil.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the extinguisher arm.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a'second form of the invention. 7 1

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional'view taken through line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of a third form ofthe invention, and

--, Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 8--8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to; the drawings, and the first form, reference numeral 1 designates an ash tray, pressed, spun or otherwiseshaped from sheet material, preferably metal, and having the upper edges of its side wall .3 flanged as at 4 in a usual manner. To this rim are attached cigarette rests 5 of well-known form. The bottom of the tray 2 is provided with a hollow anvil 6 which is preferably struck up from the same, though it may be separately attached, and its top or crushing face 7 is suitably roughened to provide a milling surface to assist in the disintegration of the cigarette .19 end, as will be referred to later.

The wall 3 at the pointof juncture with the flange 4 is formed with anaperture 8, through which extends one leaf 9 of a hinge 110, said leaf being suitably attached to the outer face of the wall 3, the other hinge lea'f 12 extending inwardly toward the center of the tray and having pivotally attached to its upper side, an arm 14: by means of a rivet 15.

The hinge and rivet permit vertical and horizontal swinging of the arm 14, vertical aligned openings 18.

1930. Serial No. 468,947.

*upper lamination upwardly and againinto,

parallelism with its original plane, these spaced ends 16 and 17 being provided with Journaled within openings 18, similarly formed in these spaced ends 16 and 17 ,is a cylindrical stem 19 provided at its upper end with a knob handle 20 and at its lower end with an extinguishing head 21,thelatter being provided on its under face with disintegrating or milling surfaces for cooperation with the roughened upper'faces 7 of the anvil 6. When inactive, thehead 21 rests upon the anvil 6, the arm 14 asuming a horizontal position to best display advertising matter that may be applied to the upper face of said'arm.

In service, the tray and supports 5' are used in the usual manner, and when it is desired to extinguishthe cigarette, the knob 20 is grasped between the fingers and the arm 14 raised to permit insertion of the lighted cigarette end between the head 21 and anvil surface 7. The handle 20 is then forced downwardly, causing the head 21 to crush the of the head 21, the teeth of its roughened bottom grip the cigarette, as do the. teeth of the roughened anvil surface 7, and the cigarette end is twisted apart and completely since the roughened portions take a firm grip will be automatically expelled by centrifugal action from between the head Ql-an d-an-vil top 7 but at the axial centers where centrifugal action is negligible some may remain, and by then swinging the arm 1% laterally as indicated by dottedlines in Fig.

11, the .headfiLis-moved horizontally across fthe'anvil top 7 therebyscraping all cigarette tobacco and :paper I from between I thesame.

Reliance is 'not 'made entirely unon a straight motion crushing action for'snuiiing .the fire'fromia c garette end,butwh1le such crushing iinovemei'ltcontinues, the clgarette end is JcQmpletey disintegrated and each .burning shre'd separately snuffed between .the crushing head and anvil, and: finally deposited with :t-hesash in the bottom of the .tr-ay.

In the second form of theinvention the tray-22 is providedwith. a surrounding wall .23 .andn imiflange .24, thecigarette holders being; inthe' form. ofindentations .25 in said 'rim flange, though they may be: attached as in the firstt'form, asthis is optional. The anvil 26 with its roughened top .27Tis similar .to

,. the :anvilof the first form.

-Extendin'g upwardly from .the-center o'f the--.anvil.-top 27 is a post 28, the same "being mounted rigidly in; any suitable manner, :as by solderingits head 29 to theunderface of the-.anvil top27. Vertically slid-table onthis .post28is an extinguisherhead 30, the same having a roughened .lower faceBl for cooperation with the roughened anvil top 27.

The upper end'ofthe post enters the central.b0re-32 of the extinguisljerrhead SOand isiheaded rat 33to prevent complete separation of .the extinguisher .head ttherefrom. .Thus, =the extinguisher head 30 is permitted straight-line vertical movement was well as .rotative .movement, so that when the end of .a cigarette -:is placed between the. roughened surfaces 27 and 31, the head. 30 may be forced manually downwardly to first crush theil ighted cigarette end,and later said head .rnay be rotated to disintegratethe crushed end, thecrushed cigarette shreds being worked over the edge of the anvil top .27

falling-into the tray-22. Continued rotation of the head 30 will completely clean the 1 roughened-faceszQ'T and 31 of the remaining vil'top 37, as in the second form. A bracket formed of two layers of metal 38 and 39 are secured together as by soldering, and at their lower ends are mounted on one side of the anvil 36, preferably by soldering.

The upper ends of the layers 38 and 39 are bent inwardly to overlie the anvil and form parallel spaced arms 40 and .41 formed with registeringapertures 42 through which extends a stem 48 for rotation and vertical sliding movement. The lower end of this stem' is provided with 'an ext-inguisher head 4Ahaving roughened bottom 45, and the upper end of the stenris provided with a finger knob -46. By placing the lighted end of a cigarette between the surfaces 87 and 45 and pushing downwardly upon-theknob z4l6,=.thercigarette is:-.exti'nguished an'd by then-rotating the finger knob 46 and head 4:4, the crushed cigarette end is-torn to shreds between the roughened surfaces -37-and 45, continuedrotation of the extinguisher head serving: to 'completely'clean the rroughiened surface and to throw the shreds outwardly .over the edge of 'the anvil into-thetray. v

In all forms, the extinguisher head first moves downwardly against the anvilito crush the. lighted cigarette end, after which the: ex-, tinguisher head is rotated to cause the crushed cigarette; end to: be completely. disintegrated between the rougheneddfaces of theextinguisher head andeanvil. -Vihile, in --the first form, continued rotation. of the extinguisher will clean all remaining cigarette shreds from between the roughened. surfaces and throw them outwardly into the tray, horizontal swinging movement of the extinguisher head may follow to still more effectively clean-the -roughened surfaces,or. may be entirely relied upon to clean such surfaces if the extinguisher head is only.rotated suificientlyto shredthe crushed cigarette end without-removing the shreds from. the anvil top.

While specific forms of the/invention are illustrated-and described, the right is reserved ito make such changesin the details of constructionas fall withinthe scope of the appended claims.

lVhat iscla-imed:

.1. In a device o f the character described, an ash tray, :an. anvil.located within the tray andsurroun'dedithereby and having an imperforate upper face elevated above the bottom ofthe-tray, a plunger having an imperforate lower face, means mounting the plunger for movement toward and from the anviltopermit a cigarette endtobe crushed between .the. said .faces, said plunger being rotatablerelatively to the anvil,both ofsaid ffaces being provided with roughened milling surfaces whereby the cigarette end while.be-'

ing crushed will be shreddedand the shreds as created fOI'CBdTfIODIbGiJWBGII' the said faces and intothe surrounding tray by centrifugal 'action when the plunger -is 'rotated relatively tothe anvil.

2. In a device of the character described, an ash tray, an anvil located within the tray and surrounded thereby and having an imperforate upper face elevated above the bottom of the tray, a plunger having an imperforate lower face, means mounting the plunger for movement toward and from the anvil to permit a cigarette end to be crushed between said faces, said plunger being rotatable relatively to the anvil, both of said faces being provided with roughened milling sur- 

